The Princeton Summer Journalism Program is a year-long college preparation program for high school juniors who are interested in journalism. 

During the summer of 2025, participants will complete a multi-week, hybrid summer intensive, which will culminate in our annual 10-day residential intensive on the Princeton University campus in New Jersey.

Participants will attend online workshops and lectures with renowned journalists from all over the country throughout the month of July. Students complete weekly reading assignments to stay abreast of current events, begin preparing their own articles, and work with their assigned college counselor to complete components of their college applications. During our residential intensive, students will visit Princeton from their hometown and stay in University undergraduate dorms, attending workshops and lectures taught by renowned educators and journalists.

Students will have the chance to witness journalists in action as they tour major news organizations, such as The New York Times, Huffington Post and Bloomberg; cover a professional sports event; cover news events in the Princeton area; produce digital content; attend a film or theatre production; conduct an investigative report; author a group blog; and report, write, edit, and design their own newspaper, The Princeton Summer Journal, which will be published on the program's last day. Students also attend seminars on the college admissions process and work one-on-one with a personal college advisor.

All costs to attend the residential summer institute, including air or ground transportation to and from campus, housing, meals, and equipment for assignments, are covered by the program. PSJP does not provide technology during the virtual portion of the program but will work with students to address barriers to participating to the best of our ability.